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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 47.
FIRST DAY’S DRIVE IS BIG SUCCESS
TURN TO M’ADOO
TO HALT HOOVER
TREND IN SOUTH
Party Leaders, Alarmed,
Push Ex-Secretary’s
Interests
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The
growing Hoover sentiment in South
ern states is giving Democratic lead
ers great concern. It is feared by
them that many voters will be lined
up for Mr. Hoover before their plans
for the San Francisco convention are
completed.
There is no doubt in the minds of
those conversant with the situation
here that the name of William Gibbs
McAdoo is being invoked to counter
act the Hoover sentiment in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Texas. When here recently, Mr. Mc-
Adoo talked the situation over with
close friends in congress and execu
tive departments, paying particular
attention to the Hoover talk. Im
mediately after his visit leading
Southern democrats began to organ
ize to further his interests.
Mr. McAdoo has had a long lead in
the South over all other persons
mentioned for the Democratic nomi
nation. But the launching of the
Hoover movement, coupled with the
uncertainty as to whether Mr. Mc-
Adoo would run, has given Mr. Mc-
Adoo’s friends concern. To fore
stall the crystallization of the Hoover
sentiment, friends of Vice President
Marshall, Attorney General Palmer,
Gov. Cox, of Ohio; Senator Pomerene
and Mr. McAdoo have begun to appeal
to Southern voters.
- In Georgia Primaries.
In Georgia the name of Mr. Hoover
will be put before the April prima
ries. An organization for that pur
pose has been effected. Senators
Smith and Harris of that state refused
to comment on the action of 300
Gainesville citizens in taking the nec
essary steps to properly present Mr.
Hoover, but Mr. Harris said that the
men behind the movement are prom
inent in Georgia affairs.
A. W. McLean, Democratic national
committeeman from North Carolina,
thinks that it would be a great blun
der for the Democrats of his' state to
send a Hoover delegation to San
Francisco, without knowing
where he stands. He is one of the
leaders in the movement to counter
act the Hoover gains in the South is
friendly to Mr. McAdoo, and will
work for his nomination.
Here are the principal reasons giv
en by Southern congressmen for their
opposition to Mr. Hoover, and which
will be spread through the South.
First.—That Hoover is not a Demo
crat, but a life-long Republican, hav
ing voted that ticket at every elec
tion that he has been in America, ex
cept that possibly he voted for Wil
son in 1916 when he was holding a
position under the administration.
That even now he declines to state
whether he is a Democrat or a Repub
lican. Even his statement with ref
erence to the League of Nations, they
say, does not make it clear whether
he favors the Democratic position or
the Republican position of Senator
Lodge.
Charge Wall Street Backing.
Second.—lt is said that Hoover’s
candidacy is* promoted and fostered
by a few Democrats in the North who
are connected with the big financial
interests of New York, and that their
effort is to control the nomination for
President of both the great political
parties, so that they may exert their
influence whichever party wins.
Third—lt is said that Hoover has
practically expatriated himself, hav
ing been a resident of Great Britain
for practically twenty years; that he
has amassed a tremendous fortune of
from $30,000,000 to $40,000,000
from investments in British enter
prises, and that all of these invest
ments are still in existence.
It is estimated by Democratic con
gressmen that the McAdoo strength
in a majority of the Southern states
is greater than that of all other can
didates combined, except Hoover’s.
Census Figures For
Americus Due Soon
The last census reports for Sum
ter county are expected to be in his
hands tonight or tomorrow, Super
visor Furlow stated today, and they
will be forwarded at once to Wash
ington. In none of the counties of
the Third district is the work com
plete yet, owing to the fall-down of
enumerators here and there. Mr.
Furlow has received from Washington
receipt for all of the Americus re
cords, and he is, expecting official an
nouncement of the census result from
this city at an early date.
United Effort For a Finer City and County Must Succeed
Plebiscite Sends Population
of Denmark Soaring
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Denmark will get an addition to
her population of 225,000 people as
a result of the plebescite held in
Zone I of northern Schleswig under
the terms of the peace freaty. The
people of this zone voted 75,000 f.r
Danish sovereignty to 25,000 for
German. The plebescite was held
under the terms of the peace treaty.
A plebescite in Zone II will be held
March 14. The territory was taken
by Germany in 1864, the people were
promised a plebescite, but Germany
has always refused it.
An area of 1050 square miles, the
size of the state of Rhode Island,
becomes Danish by the addition of
Zone I to Denmark. Os this, 57
per cent is tilled, 22 per cent is
S. A. AUTO FUND
REACHES $575
Contributions Coming In,
But Are Still Short
Os Goal
The fund for the purchase of a
car for the use of the Salvation Army
in carrying on its work in the rural
, districts of Sumter county had reach
i ed nearly S6OO today, but was still
; short several good donations. Fol
lowing are the newest givers to the
fund:
H, B. Mashburn $ 5.00
■G. R. Ellis 10.00
i J. L. Sparks 2.00
Jno. T. Taylor 5.00
G. A. Turpin 2.00
I A. D. Gatewood 20.00
G. A. Perry .. 1.00
L. F. Grubbs 5.00
J. J. Wilson .... 5.00
G. W. Walters 5.00
W. R. Walker 1.00
J. S. Stevens 25.00
Frank Sheffield 5.00
Cash 5.00
E. L. Wilson 5.00
Joe Bolton 5.00
A. S. Johnson 5.00
Dr. L. M. Hawkins : 5.00
W. W. Webb 2.00
SIIB.OO
Previously acknowledged 457.50
Total . $575.50
Red Cross Nurse Here
Returns To Pittsburg
Miss Lola Flenner, who came to
Americus a few weeks ago to be resi
dent. public nurse under the Sumter
county Red Cross chapter, has ac
cepted a position as head nurse in a
large hospital at Pittsburg, Pa., and
: has already left to assume her duties.
Miss Flenner’s home was formerly in
I Pittsburg.
E RI
T H ETIMESBRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE f HEART OF
in meadows and 7 per cent is in
forests. On the east and west coasts
are rich agricultural lands, with al
luvial marsh lands on the west.
* Three important ports, Haderslev,
Apenrade and Sonderburg on the Bal
tic coast go to Denmark. On the
west coast the land is marshy and
protected by dikes in the same way
that Holland is protected. Here the
fishing industry and the oyster beds
are valuable.
The “first zone” produced grain,
cattle, horses, fish and oysters. There
are no mines or canals in any part
of Schleswig, but the new territory
is a veritable network of railroads,
built by Germany for war purposes.
Two main lines run along the east
and west coast 30 miles long. «
RAIL BILL NOT TO
BE SIGNED NOW
President Decides To Re
fer It To Palmer
First
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The
railroad bill was passed last night by
the senate after similar action by
house Saturday, and, unanimously
condemned fcy organized labor, goes
to the White House.
President Wilson will not act im
mediately on the railroad measure.
It was announced at the White House
today he had directed the bill be re
ferred to the Department of Justice
as soon as it reached the W’hite House
from congress. The executive has
ten days in which to pass upon the
measure before it can become law
without his signature.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Threats
of a break in the affiliated railroad
employes’ organizations militated to
day against an immediate solution
of questions before the representa
tives of two million railroad work
ers who are now here conferring on
President Wilson’s wage settlement
proposals.
Because of a wide divergence in
by committeemen, execu
tives of the workers’ organizations
admitted this afternoon that they do
not know whether they could hold
the strength they gained when it was
agreed ten days ago that the various
organizations should affiliate for con
sideration of the proposals.
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Forecast For Georgia. Local
rains and somewhat colder tonight;
Wednesday, partly cloudy and colder
in south portion.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 24, 1920
REAL HARMONY
IN AMERICAN
INDUSTRY SEEN
Conference Report, Due
March 1, Will Point
Way
BY HARRY B. HUNT.
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The
most specific recommendations, point
ing toward industrial harmony, that
| have yet been made, are expected
when the final report of the industrial
| conference is announced, probably,
I some time before March 1.
The conference, convened by Pres- !
I ident Wilson in Washington Dec. 1,
ito frame a program by which rela
tions of capital and labor could be ■
harmonized, and the welfare of the
public protected, is now drafting the
i report.
Present expectations are that the
j report will carry th® unanimous en- j
| dorsement of the 17 members of the
; conference. It will outline new ma- i
chinery by which it is believed the
relationship of employers and em-I
ployes may be restored to a more per
sonal basis than now exists in large :
j industries and develop a sense of re
sponsibility on the part of both capi
tal and labor toward each other and
toward the general public that has
in recent years largely been lost
sight of.
Specific Recommendations.
For most part, it may be stated, ;
the report will present special recom- i
mendations, not generalizations. It
will present in detail the design and
specifications for machinery of ad
' .lustment which it will recommend to
; be set up to weave industrial har-
I mony from the woof of capital and
, the warp of labor.
In touching on the human elements
involved in our present industrial
| tangle, however, the conference has
' been unable to formulate any such
definite rules of action.
In general terms, it will hold that
' : the development of the human rela
i tionship is the most important factor
jin every industry, will urge that
“leadership be substituted for mas
' tership,” that the public interest be
j recognized and consulted as a guid
, i ing factor in every dispute, and that
; capital and labor alike recognize their
community of interest and pull to
; gether as a team rather than as op
| posing rival forces.
Need Sincere Effort.
It is on the basis of these general
s ties“lhat the machinery of adjust
ment to be presented in detail is
I founded.
It is admitted that if this machin
: ery is to be effective there must be a
■ sincere effort for mutual understand
ing.—-which today is largely lacking.
The plan recognizes labor’s claim that
labor is not a commodity and does
not question the right to strike.
It also recognizes the employer's
right to maintain an open or closed
shop as he may decide, and to hire
and fire as he sees fit.
But, within these unquestioned
rights, it attempts to furnish a means
Iby which all interested parties may
I give calm and cool consideration to
: any questions arising within a given
shop or industry, but without direct
interest in the outcome, other than
the public welfare.
Follows Wilson’s Plan.
For most part, the machinery to
be recommended will be that outlin
ed in the preliminary statement of
the conference late in December,
which followed closely a plan present
ed by Secretary of Labor Wilson to
the round table conference last fall.
It will provide for a national in
dustrial tribunal and regional boards
of inquiry and adjustment. All ex
isting machinery for conciliation, ad
justment and arbitration would be
left in force.
When ever disputes arise which
are not settled by agreement of the
parties directly interested or by ex
isting machinery, it could be brought
before the regional board of adjust
ment, the membership of which would
be chosen equally from panels of em
ployers, employes and public respec
tively. Decision would be only by
unanimous vote.
When a unanimous vote could not
be secured, decision could, by agree
ment, be left to an umpire, whose de
cision would have the force of a
unanimous decision by the board.
The national tribunal, consisting of
nine members, equally representing
employers, employes and the public,
would constitute a board of appeal.
Boynd to Decision.
Decisions, either by the regional
board or the national tribunal, would
have the force of trade agreements,
which the parties in dispute would be
bound to carry out.
Probably no conference ever called
in Washington, certainly none ever
extended over so long a period, has
LATE PHOTO OF
ROBT. E. PEARY
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-E.. PEARY.
The above picture of Robert E.
Peary, discoverer of the North Pole,
who died last Friday, was taken in
February, 1919, when he introduced
Vilhjalmur Steffanson, explorer, to
the National Geographic society in
Washington. This was Peary’/ last
public appearance.
ALLIES DEAF TO
SOVIET UNTIL
HORRORS END
No Resumption of Rela
tions Now By Coun
cil’s Policy
LONDON, Feb. 24.—The Allies
will decline to deal with Soviet Rus-
Isia “until they have arrived at the
’ conviction that the Bolshevist horrors
have come to an end,” it was an
nounced after a meeting of the Allied
j Supreme Council today. The decision
! it was recognized precludes diplomat
ic relations between the allied gov
ernments and Moscow administration
in the near future.
NO RECOGNITION
OF SOVIET PLANNED
LONDON, Feb. 24.—Recognition
of the Russian Soviet government by
j the entente nations is not contem
plated by the Supreme Allied Coun
cils, but trade relations may be re
sumed and mutual engagements rela
tive to aggression agreed upon, as a
result of yesterday’s conversations
by the council, according to news
papers here.
ALLIED FLEET
AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
PARIS, Feb. 24.—Great Britain
I took the initiative in sending a fleet
to Constantinople, says a London
dispatch to the Petit Parsien, quot
i ing Premier Millerand, who is said to
have added that thftre are other Al
lied warships in the Golden Horn.
Gen. Wood In Yankton
To Open His Campaign
YANKTON, S. D., Feb. 24.—Maj.
i Gen. Leonard Wood, republican can
i didate for president in the March 23
; primary, arrived here today to make
; the first speech in his South Dakota
' campaign tonight.
SHIP INJUNCTION SIGNED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Assok
ciate Justice Bailey, in the district
supreme court today signed the for
' mal order of injunction against the
U. S. Shipping Board to prevent the
sale of the thirty former German
I liners?
PHILLIPS GOES TO HOLLAND
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—William
Phillips, of Massachusetts, at present
assistant secretary of state, was to
day nominated to be United States
minister to the Netherlands and
Luxumbourg.
been so effectively* insulated from
publicity as this industrial pow-wow.
It has been in session for two of
the three months since it convened.
Secretary of Labor Wilson, as its
chairman, has presided over about
half its sessions.
The remainder have been directed
iby Herbert Hoover, vice-chairman.
! Former Attorney Generals Gregory
and Wickersham, both members, have
served as legal advisors.
Special recommendations will be
made covering the fields of public
utilities and of public employes.
190 Memberships Are
Reported by Workers
at Tuesday Luncheon
“Immensely Encouraged,” Says Gen.Fos
. ter; Full List of Opening Subscrib
ers As Reported
One hundred and ninety memberships to the reorganized and
expanded chamber of commerce at $25 per year were reported by
the various team captains at the luncheon at one o’clock at the Tea
Room, the first meeting for report since the campaign began yester
day afternoon.
“1 am immensely encouraged by the fine work done by the com
mittees, both in the number of calls made and the memberships sign
ed up, said General Foster, campaign director, after the figures had
been tabulated.
The bulk of the subscriptions were for one each, although there
were a number of plural memberships reported. There were also
several memberships which were not reported by the committees,
having been referred back because of not being properly signed or
for other reason. The committees will continue their work today
and tomorrow and report on their second day’s progress at luncheon
Wednesday.
Among the larger membership subscriptions reported today
were: Americus Grocery Co., 10; Glover Grocery Co., 10; J. W.
Harris, 5; Moreland-Jones Go., 6.
The reports of membership signed
up, as reported by the various team
chairman, follow:
Capt. R. E. Allison .* 19
Capt. L. G. Council tL
Capt. C. A. Culpepper IT
Capt. W. W. Dykes 15
Capt. G. R. Ellis 22
Capt. Lovelace Eve 17
i Capt. B. C. Hogue 20
I Capt. W. M. Jones 18
Capt. W. E. Taylor 18
Capt. T. C. Tillman 22
Capt. G. L. Williams 14
199
Following were the memberships
reported today, the numbers in pa
renthesis indicating the membership
if more than one:
Americus Groc. Co. (10), Glover
Groc. Co. (10), A. F. Hodges, Pink
ston Co., (3), Morgan & Co. (2),
Paul Lee, T. G. Hudson, Peter Bahn
sen C. O. Niles, E. J. Witt, F. L. Al
lison & Co., Windsor Pharmacy, P.
B. Willford, Geo. Anderson, J. A.
Davenport, Carswell Drug Co., High
tower Book Store, W■ J. Josey, A. C.
Crockett, A. B. Howard, Allison Fur
niture Co. (3), Allison Undertaking
Co., Allison Realty Co., Herbert Haw
kins (2), J. Ralston Cargill, T. O.
Marshall, E. A Nisbet.
John A. Cobb, I. B. Small, R. L.
Maynard, Moreland-Jones Groc. Co.
(6), H. D. Watts, Edwards Music Co.
J. A. Hixon, Americus Undertaking
Co., Times-Recorder (4), Mrs. E. R.
Andrews, W. A. Dodson, Thos. L.
Bell (2), Claude Mauk, H. G. Stan
fi< Id, C. J. Clark, Americus Battery
Co., Mrs. J. E. Johnson, T. J. Seig
ler Gatewood & Tpdd, J. G. Holst,
‘Turner Electric Co., B. C. Hogue,
Jno. W. Shiver (2).
B. H. Allen (2), Howell Sheet
Metal Co., Georgia Groc. Co. (2), J.
jT. Bragg, Gordm 1 Howell, R. L. Craw
■ford, Standard Dry Goods Co., L. L. !
Lester, Americus Confectionary Co., I
’ W. H. C. Dudley, Planters Seed Co.,
i Americus Fish & Oyster Co., G. L.
! Williams, Bragg’s Meat Market, R. S. |
Broadhust, J. C. Berry, Edwards ’
j Grocery Co., J. Lewis Ellis, Bradley |
' Hogg, Manrv Bros. B. L. Naylor,
i Otis M. Physioc, Payne Pressing &
Cleaning Co., A R. Royal.
W. D. Tiedman; M. H. Wheeler;
Westbrook & McDonald: Williams-
Niles Co.; W. P. Wallis; R. M. An-i
drews; W. M. Andrews; 11. B. Allen;
A. J. Harris; E. Pearlman; H. H.
Glover, Jr.; E. A. Bailey; J. T.
Stukes; H. B. Graddy; Jno. W. Oli
ver; J. W. Mosteller; G. C. Webb; W.
A Joyner; Empire Loan & Trust
Co. (3); G. R. Ellis; J. E. Gyles; S.
R. Heys; J. J. Hansley; Thos. B.
Hooks; Jno. W. Wheatley; Hooks Mo
tor Co.; J. W. Harris, (5); C. H.
| Burke; W. M. Humber; Ruben, Hoff
man; J. W. Hightower; Americus
Steam & Vulcanizing Co.; B. F.
| Clore.
GateWood-Cogdell Co.; Edgar
Shipp; Sherlock & Co.; J. W. L. Dan
iel; Percy W. Hudson; E. B. Hill;
J. M. Macey; R. W. Buchanan; R. P.
Stackhouse (3); L. F. Grubbs; V. H.
| Gaines; Southern Printers (3); Wind
jsor Barber Shop; Herschel A. Smith;
W. A. Ayash (2) ; Mike Thomas;
Americus Seed & Supply Co.; Model
Bread Co.; Americus Coca-Cola. Bot
tling Co. (2); Tillman & Brown, (2) ;
A Cohen & Sons, (2) ; Evan T. Ma
this, Jr.; J. H. Shumake; L. L. Mc
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To Hear Rhode Island’s
Dry Act Attack March 8
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Argu
ments on the government’s motion
to dismiss the original suit instituted
; by Rhode Island to test the constitu
ionality of the federal prohibiion
■ amendment wll be heard in the su
preme court March 8.